Papers previously published in various journals between 1980 and 1989.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-143) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Prologue: Theorizing educational practice / Stephen Kemmis -- Introduction: Becoming an educational philosopher -- 1. The gap between theory and practice -- 2. Theories of theory and practice -- 3. Adopting an educational philosophy -- 4. What is an educational practice? -- 5. Can educational research be scientific? -- 6. Philosophy, values and an educational science -- 7. Whatever happened to action research? -- 8. The idea of an educational science -- 9. Epilogue: Confronting the postmodernist challenge.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this text, Carr provides a justification for reconstructing educational theory and research as a form of critical inquiry. In doing this, he confronts such philosophical questions as: what is educational theory?; what is an educational practice?; and how are theory and practice related?